STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1241 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 11, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GANTT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to signs on school buses The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subparagraph 1 of paragraph (b) and paragraph (c) of subdi- 2 vision 20 of section 375 of the vehicle and traffic law, subparagraph 1 3 of paragraph (b) as amended by chapter 242 of the laws of 1992 and para- 4 graph (c) as amended by chapter 96 of the laws of 1973, are amended and 5 a new subparagraph (1-a) is added to paragraph (b) to read as follows: 6 (1) In addition to such signal lamps, two signs shall be conspicuously 7 displayed on the exterior of every such omnibus designating it as a 8 school omnibus by the use of the words "SCHOOL BUS" which shall be 9 painted or otherwise inscribed thereon in black letters. Such letters 10 shall be of uniform size, at least eight inches in height, and each 11 stroke of each letter shall be not less than one inch in width. The 12 background of each such sign shall be painted or otherwise applied in 13 the color known as "national school bus chrome." For each such omnibus 14 having a seating capacity in excess of fifteen children, such signs 15 shall be securely mounted on top of such vehicle, one of which shall be 16 affixed on the front and one on the rear thereof. For each such omnibus 17 having a seating capacity of not more than fifteen children, such signs 18 shall be securely mounted on top of such vehicle, one of which shall 19 face the front and one of which shall face the rear thereof. Each such 20 sign shall be visible and readable from a point at least two hundred 21 feet distant. 22 (1-a) Any sign required pursuant to subparagraph one of this paragraph 23 may be constructed with reflectorized Type III material consistent with 24 49 CFR 571.131 S6.1 table 1. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01904-01-7

A. 1241 2 1 (c) In the event such vehicle is operated on a public highway during 2 the period between one-half hour after sunset and one-half hour before 3 sunrise, the signs required by paragraph (b) of this subdivision shall 4 be illuminated as to be visible from a point at least five hundred feet 5 distant, provided however that if a material is used pursuant to subpar- 6 agraph one-a of paragraph (b) of this subdivision, no such illumination 7 shall be required. 8 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after 9 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the commissioner of 10 motor vehicles is authorized to promulgate any necessary rules and regu- 11 lations for the implementation of this act.